NCJ Number
91852
Journal
Risk Management Volume: 30 Issue: 3 Dated: (March 1983) Pages: 44-46,50-51
Date Published
1983
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The growing public rejection of environmental determinism as a crime cause favors more aggressive security policies. At the same time, the need for security policies geared to changes in the workplace is stressed.
Abstract
The growing popularity of the belief that man is a free agent capable of choosing alternative behaviors rather than the victim of the environment signals a turn to conservative attitudes toward crime. These attitudes erode support for policies to improve the environment of criminals and encourage punitive crime control policies. But expansion of defendants' rights and increased evidentiary requirements make successful prosecution of workplace offenses difficult and costly. New management policies must, therefore, consider trends at the workplace in order to develop effective security policies. Careful hiring strategies can capitalize on the increasing number of less crime-prone groups in the workforce, i.e., women and older individuals. A successful security policy must focus on implementing technologically advanced monitoring systems to deter computer offenses and to safeguard company assets. The need for developing security systems experientially on the basis of discernible shifts in the business environment is emphasized. Fifteen notes and eight references are supplied.